Paint.... A Cuttlebug Challenge ..

Okay... so here is the NEWEST Cuttlebug Challenge... and you are ALL invited to join in on this challenge... I will tell you all about how EASY it is in just a minute...

The Challenge is to Paint something... now come on... how easy is that...

To enter... you make a card with something that you have painted... you can even do a scrapbook page, a lampshade... anything.. and oh yes... of course you have to have used a cuttlebug embossing folder... But that is so automatic for me... you see I am addicted to these folders... there are very few cards that I make that I don't use one of these folders someplace on it.. .

Anyway.. .now you make that item.. and go to http://www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com and you post that card with Mr Linky... it has to be up someplace... like on our blog, or in an active on line photo file... like Photobucket... etc... you know the ones... and then link to that item... and it will appear magically... and you might even win... yes there are prizes... all of this and more are on the site... So much fun here … instruction plus and new things all the time… just take a look for yourself and see..
Okay... so I know you want to know what I have done here to make this card... well Susan Mansell of Australia, who has been a friend of over 8 years now... one of those GREAT on line friends that I just love... we lost each other for a couple of years, but she found me the other day on Split Coast Stampers... and so now we are in touch again... so wonderful to have friends that you have lost back in your life... Anyway... she showed me this card on her SDS gallery.. and then I went to her blog to see more..

She had taken one of the Martha Stewart punches.. and had punched on the inside of a circle... wow... isn't that fun and neat??? So very different for a WONDERFUL different NEW look... I love it... all of it.. Susan used a sunflower from Spellbinders... but ya'll know me... I have to use some flowers from Pretties by Bonnie and so I did... Some of the violets and the daisies... since they are digital, I can make them any size I desire... with any program I have on my computer... I then painted them with my Twinkling H20 paints... which make the flowers sparkle since they have ground mica in the paints... and then I cut the flowers and leaves out...(leaves are also on site) and layered the flowers and then arranged inside the circle...

Oh I forgot to tell you the most inportant part... Prior to mounting the circle sheet... I ran it thru my CUTTLEBUG... with the new polka dot embossing folder.. This folder is 5 x 7... and this card is 6 x 6 so it works really well with this size and also the 5 x 7... anything smaller you just have to cut off the excess... which is never a problem..

Thank You Susan for this fantastic idea... I love it... and know that everyone out there will too.



Here is a close up of the card, so you can get a better idea of what it really looks like... I really love this look... and will make a few more up coming really soon...













My second project using paint was to create a box... Oh you know .... the box that is created with a 12 x 12 piece of paper... I just changed a few things around... like I didn't let the top go all the way down to the bottom... I put some Dotted Swiss paper around the box... and some large black pearls... to hold the top up in place... I also ran a row of paper lace that I made with a Martha punch...and then painted different flowers on each of the four sides...



Here is another side...



















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And the last side...

Okay.. so how did I do this.. it is called Black Magic... but I have changed it around a little bit... I use a product called Opaque white from Copic... it comes in alittle jar... and you can paint with it... so I use a little paint brush and create my flowers where ever I desire... then I use paint, markers or what ever I again desire to make my flowers come alive with color... On all of these boxes I have used markers, H20's and also colored pencils for some of the finer details... to create the look I wanted...

On the top, I decorated it with a square using a Martha punch... and in the center, which is not photographed too well is a dotted swiss panel with a bow over it... and four pearls out at each corner... just for the finishing touch...

Hope you have enjoyed this... and please make something painted and join in on the fun..
You have until June 15th to enter... so you have a lot of time... we would love to see your project there... Thanks so much for joining in on the fun there...

And thanks for stopping in for a bit today to join in here and take a look see at some of the things I have been creating.. Hope to see you tomorrow too.. more on the way..

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie